Portable fence



(No Model.)

F. P; WHISTLER.

PORTABLE FENCE.

N0. 300,929. Patented June 24, 1884.

ATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN P. XVHISTLER, OF GADIZ, INDIANA.

PORTABLE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,929, dated June 24, 1884.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN I. WHISTLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oadiz, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Portable Fences, of which the follow ing is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of fences so as to be portable and selfsnp porting by use of ordinary panels of board fence fastened together by loops of wire with crossbrace hooks when the panels are in line, and thenbound and held in a self-supporting position by moving said panels so as to form a zigzag line. I obtain these objects in the following way, illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a perspectiveview of twopanels of fence in final position, bound together by two loops of wire passing through the loops of a wire cross-brace shaped somewhat like the letter S. Fig. 2 represents two panels of fence in a straight line, fastened together by theloops of wire and cross-brace above named, ready to be moved-into position to be self-supporting. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section horizontally across the fence at point of fastening the wire loops around the uprights of panels when standing in line, as in Fig. 2.

Fig. at is the same as Fig. 3, with the uprights in position occupied by them when the fence is in final position, so as to be self-supporting. Fig. 5 represents the S-shaped brace-hook used between the uprights, and through which the wire loops pass.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A B represent two panels of fence. 0 D represent the uprights at the ends of the'panels. E E represent loops of annealed or other wire. M represents the brace hook, with loops N N on the ends thereof, through which the wire loops E E pass. G represents the middle upright of panel, and H the brace attached to each panel. The panels are made of boards K K K K K, fastened to uprights 0 D G- and brace H, of suitable height and length.

To set the fence up, the panels are placed in line, as shown in Fig. 2, at place desired. The

uprights CD are brought as closely together panels having their ends in proximity, be-

tween the upper two boards and the lower two boards of the panels, as tightly as can well be done, and according to the requirements of the angle it is desired to give the fence. Then the other ends of the panel are moved into position, so that the two panels shall form any angle desired, snfficient to make the fence self-supporting. Other panels are attached to these, making angles in an opposite direction, so that the fence, when finished, stands in a zigzag position.

I am aware that prior to my invention portable fences have been invented and patented, composed of panels variously fastened together and occupying zigzag and other positions. I do not therefore claim such a combination, broadly.

I am also aware of the patent to 0. WV'. Gates, September 27, 1881', N 0. 247,493, and of that to J. H. Pearson, April 17, 1883, No. 275,940, and I do not claim anything therein shown or described; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is V I The combination of the wire loops E E and the brace-hooks M, having loops N N, with the panels of a portable fence, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

FRANKLIN P. VVHISILER. Vitnesses:

WILLIAM O. BOGUE, WALTER A. Boon. 

